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strip - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | strip |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thin piece of material |
| Synonyms: | band, bar, belt, billet, bit, fillet, ingot, layer, ribbon, rod, section, segment, shred, slab, slip, stick, stripe, swathe, tape, tongue, banding |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | strip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bare, uncover |
| Synonyms: | decorticate, denude, deprive, despoil, dismantle, displace, disrobe, divest, empty, expose, gut, hull, husk, lift, peel, pillage, plunder, ransack, ravage, remove, rob, scale, shave, shed, shuck, skin, spoil, take off, tear, undress, withdraw, excorticate, lay bare, slip out of, unclothe |
| Antonyms: | clothe, cover |
| Main Entry: | airport |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | center for transportation by air |
| Synonyms: | hangar, home plate, installation, landing strip, runway, strip, aerodome, airdrome, airfield, airstrip, helipad, heliport |
| Main Entry: | burlesque |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bawdy show; vaudeville |
| Synonyms: | burly*, caricature, farce, lampoon, mock, mockery, parody, pastiche, peep show, satire, spoof, strip, takeoff, travesty, vaudeville, lampoonery, revue, send-up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deprive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep or take away something wanted, needed |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, bare, bereave, denude, despoil, disinherit, dismantle, dispossess, disrobe, divest, dock, expropriate, hold back, lose, oust, rob, seize, skim, stiff, strip, wrest |
| Antonyms: | appropriate, bestow, confer, endow, give, indulge, offer, present, supply |
| Main Entry: | despoil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ravage, destroy |
| Synonyms: | denude, deprive, desecrate, desolate, devastate, devour, dispossess, divest, loot, maraud, pillage, plunder, raid, rifle, rob, sack, spoil, strip, vandalize, waste, wreak havoc, wreck, depopulate, depredate, spoliate |
| Antonyms: | build, construct, improve |
| Main Entry: | dismantle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take apart |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, bankrupt, bare, break up, decimate, demolish, denude, deprive, destroy, disassemble, dismember, dismount, disrobe, divest, fell, level, pull down, raze, ruin, strike, strip, subvert, take down, tear down, undo, wrack, wreck, break down, denudate, knock down, part out, take to pieces, unrig |
| Antonyms: | assemble, build, combine, construct, put together, raise |
| Main Entry: | disrobe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take off one's clothes |
| Synonyms: | bare, denude, deprive, dismantle, divest, doff, husk*, peel*, remove, shed, shuck*, strip, unbutton, uncover, undress, denudate, slip out of, take it off, unclothe |
| Antonyms: | clothe, put on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | divest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dispossess; take off |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, bare, bereave, bleed, denude, deprive, despoil, disinherit, dismantle, disrobe, ditch*, doff, dump, eighty-six*, lose, milk*, oust, plunder, remove, rob, seize, spoil, strip, uncover, undress, unload, denudate, take from, unclothe |
| Antonyms: | clothe, cover, invest, possess, take |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | doff |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove |
| Synonyms: | cast off, discard, disrobe, peel, shed, shuck, strip, take off, undress, put aside, slip off |
| Notes: | doff 'remove' is a contraction of 'do off' and don is a contraction of 'do on' |
| Main Entry: | fleece |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plunder, steal |
| Synonyms: | bleed*, burn*, cheat*, clip*, con, cozen, defraud, despoil, flimflam*, gouge, hustle, milk*, mulct, overcharge, pluck, rifle, rip off*, rob, rook*, shaft*, strip, swindle, jerk around, rope in, run a game on, sell a bill of goods, take for a ride, take to the cleaners |
| Antonyms: | give, offer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | harvest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gathering of produce |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, acquire, amass, bin, cache, collect, crop, cull, cut, garner, gather, get, glean, hoard, mow, pick, plow, pluck, reap, store, stow, strip, take in, harrow, pile up, squirrel, stash |
| Antonyms: | plant, seed |
| Main Entry: | ledge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shelf |
| Synonyms: | bar, bench, bracket, console, edge, jut, mantle, offset, path, projection, reef, ridge, rim, route, step, strip, tier, track, trail, walk, way, berm, sill |
| Main Entry: | pare |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | peel, trim |
| Synonyms: | carve, clip, crop, cut, cut back, cut down, decorticate, decrease, dock, flay, knock off, lop, lower, prune, reduce, scrape, shave, shear, skin, slash, strip, thin, uncover, mark down, scalp, skive |
| Antonyms: | cover |
| Main Entry: | peel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take off outer covering |
| Synonyms: | decorticate, exfoliate, flake, flay, pare, pull off, scale, shave, skin, strip, uncover, delaminate, desquamate, excorticate, tear off |
| Antonyms: | cover |
| Main Entry: | pillage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plunder, destroy |
| Synonyms: | appropriate, arrogate, confiscate, desecrate, desolate, despoil, devastate, devour, gut, invade, lift*, loot, maraud, nab*, pilfer, pinch*, purloin, raid, ransack, ravage, rifle*, rob, ruin, sack, spoil, steal, strip, thieve, trespass, waste, depredate, lay waste, spoliate |
| Antonyms: | protect, safeguard |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | plunder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ravage, steal |
| Synonyms: | appropriate, burn, despoil, devastate, fleece, forage, foray, grab, gut, knock off*, liberate, lift, loft, loot, maraud, pillage, prey, prowl, raid, ransack, relieve, requisition, rifle, rip off*, rob, sack, salvage, snatch, spoil, strip, depredate, kip, knock over*, lay waste, moonlight requisition, smash and grab, stick up* |
| Antonyms: | give, receive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ransack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | turn inside out in search; ravage |
| Synonyms: | appropriate, comb, despoil, explore, filch, go through, gut*, hunt, investigate, lift, look into, loot, maraud, overhaul, peer, pilfer, pillage, pinch, plunder, poach, probe, pry, purloin, raid, rake, rape, ravish, rifle, rob, rummage, rustle, sack, scan, scour, scrutinize, search, seek, seize, sound, spoil, spy, steal, strip, thieve, ferret, go over with a fine-tooth comb, lay waste, leave no stone unturned, look all over for, look high and low, make off with, shake down*, take away |
| Antonyms: | clean, neaten, tidy, care for |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ravage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy, ransack |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, break up, capture, consume, cream*, crush, damage, demolish, desecrate, desolate, despoil, devastate, dismantle, disorganize, disrupt, exterminate, extinguish, forage, foray, gut, harry, impair, loot, overrun, overthrow, overwhelm, pillage, pirate, plunder, prey, prostrate, pull down, raid, rape, raze, rob, ruin, sack, seize, shatter, sink, smash, spoil, stamp out, strip, total*, trample, trash, waste, wreak havoc, wreck, wrest, lay waste, leave in ruins, spoliate, sweep away |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, help, protect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | collect, harvest |
| Synonyms: | acquire, bring in, crop, cull, cut, derive, draw, gain, garner, gather, get, glean, mow, obtain, pick, pick up, pluck, procure, produce, profit, realize, receive, recover, retrieve, secure, strip, take in, win, come to have, get as a result, ingather |
| Antonyms: | plant, sow |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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